Funding means £40 million will be spent on 1,500 homes across the Greener Herts consortium which includes Watford Community Housing, B3Living and settle, and Dacorum Borough Council.
It follows a successful application to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund , providing £14 million in government funding which the Hertfordshire housing providers added £25 million to. Three Rivers residents will also receive improvements as the district council and Thrive Homes will use £2.19 million in SHDF funding to improve the energy efficiency of 155 homes.
Please support our independent journalism, and get access to exclusive news and sport stories, by signing up to aThree Rivers District Council leader Councillor Sarah Nelmes said: “This funding presents a vital opportunity to tackle fuel poverty and improve the homes of our residents.” “Meanwhile, with home energy use accounting for 28.8% of the district’s greenhouse gas emissions, the funding will also help reduce Three Rivers’ contribution to the climate emergency and delivers progress towards making homes net-zero ready,” she added.Nationally, wave 2.1 of the SHDF has awarded £778m of government funding to support the installation of energy performance measures in social homes in England.
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